Embark on a journey beyond Earth with RoboNav, our cutting-edge robotics team on campus! Join us in crafting a Mars Rover for the thrilling University Rover Challenge. As a member, you’ll gain hands-on experience in designing, building, and navigating rovers across treacherous Martian terrains to deliver supplies, service landing vehicles, and search for signs of life. Unleash your creativity and engineering prowess – become a part of RoboNav today! All majors are welcome!
The Competitions
University Rover Challenge (URC)
URC is a multi-stage competition which involves designing, building, and commanding a rover-style robot in both manual and autonomous challenges. The competition is meant to simulate the conditions faced by Mars rovers, and as such consists of several missions: determining the presence of life in soil samples, retrieving rocks and other items, servicing equipment, and autonomously navigating the surface of “Mars” (actually the deserts of Utah). Teams must qualify through various reports and video submissions before being invited to compete. The RoboNav team has competed in the 2024 and 2025 competitions and hopes to qualify again in 2026.
Team Information
Meetings
Sundays – 4 to 7 PM
Wednesdays – 6:30 to 9 PM
We meet in the Student Competition Center (575 14th St). If you are working in the machine shop or mechanical room you will need to wear closed-toe shoes and a t-shirt (no long sleeves). Bring a hair tie if needed.
Team Leadership
| Project Manager | Dylan Winer |
| Software Lead | Mrinal Jain |
| Electrical Lead | Lindsey Zhang |
| Mechanical Lead | Cooper DelGandio |
| Science Lead | Madelyn Wayne |
| MRC Lead | Ellie Pierburg |
Mailing List
robonav@lists.robojackets.org
Wiki Page
http://wiki.robojackets.org/RoboNav
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